California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dep't of Corr. v. WORKERS' Comp. APPEALS Bd., 166 Cal.App.4th 911, 82 Cal.Rptr.3d 920 (Cal. App. 2008):
the surrounding circumstances may indicate, on the other hand, that the amendment was merely the result of a legislative attempt to clarify the true meaning of the statute. [Citation.] ( Williams v. Garcetti (1993) 5 Cal.4th 561, 568, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 341, 853 P.2d 507.)
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